GRE Word List
EMISSARY
one designated as the agent of another : representative
The meaning of the word emissary is one designated as the agent of another : representative.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| jaunt | a usually short journey or excursion undertaken especially for pleasure |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| wreak | bring about |
| atrocity | a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation |
| elucidate | to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis |
| queer | differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd |
| slur | an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| expertise | the skill of an expert |